| DMEM | Dulbecco‘s Minimal Essential Medium |
| DSR | Distiller’s sorghum residue |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| LLC | Lewis lung carcinoma |
| MMP | Matrix metalloproteinase |
| MFB | Monascus purpureus-fermented broth |
| MP | Monascus purpureus CWT715 |
| SDS | Sodium dodecyl sulfate |